Phlebotomy \Phle*bot"o*my\, n. [L. phlebotomia, Gr. flebotomi`a;
fle`ps, flebo`s, a vein + te`mnein to cut: cf. F.
phl['e]botomie. Cf. Fleam.]
(Med.)
The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in
the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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19 Moby Thesaurus words for "phlebotomy":
aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, cupping, drafting,
drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, leeching, milking,
pipetting, pumping, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping,
venesection
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Phlebotomy \Phle*bot"o*my\, n. [L. phlebotomia, Gr. ?; ?, ?, a
vein + ? to cut: cf. F. phl['e]botomie. Cf. Fleam.]
(Med.)
The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in
the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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